RECAP2012-W233 JUN TO 10 JUN 2012
Week of 3 Jun 2012The week in game journalism.
A snapshot of what writers were chasing this week. We sort by how much coverage jumped against the previous four weeks, so a story breaking now rises above games that already get steady writeups every week.
PIECES INDEXED
102
+343% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
15
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
81
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
0
first article indexed
01 · TRENDING
Games that picked up coverage this week
The games whose coverage spiked this week against their own four-week baseline. Worth a look if you missed them.
TRENDING▲ +1100%
Hitman: Absolution
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 1 outlets
DR
JM
JC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
DmC: Devil May Cry
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
JJ
BR
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
MH
TT
02 · IN THE BYLINE THIS WEEK
Writers we kept seeing across the index
Worth checking in on. The cadence chart shows which days they published, which often says more about a beat than a tally does.
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Company of Heroes 2, DmC: Devil May Cry, Final Fantasy Dimensions
FILED
12 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (4), Wednesday (3), Thursday (3), Friday (1).
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about Aliens: Colonial Marines, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate, Deep Combat
FILED
11 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (4), Wednesday (2), Thursday (4), Friday (1).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Assassin's Creed III: Liberation, Darksiders II, Dead or Alive 5
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (4), Thursday (5), Saturday (1).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Madden NFL 13, Forza Horizon, LittleBigPlanet Karting
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (3), Thursday (3).
DR
Dan Ryckert
Writing about Borderlands 2, Gears of War: Judgment, Hitman: Absolution
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (3), Thursday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 10 writers filed this week.
Browse them by outlet, beat or the games they cover →
03 · READER ATTENTION
What's drawing readers in
No reader signal recorded for this week.
04 · NEW VOICES
First piece indexed this week
No first-time writers indexed this week.
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.